BBB	Blood-brain barrier
CAR	Chimeric antigen receptor
CB	Cord blood
CSF	Cerebrospinal fluid
CNS	Central Nervous System
CTL	Cytotoxic T lymphocyte
CVO	Circumventricular organ
ECM	Extracellular matrix
EGF	Epidermal growth factor
EGFR	Epidermal growth factor receptor
DISC	Death-inducing signaling complex
DNRII	Dominant negative TGF-β receptor II
FADD	Fas-associated death receptor
FasL	Fas-ligand
GB	glioblastoma
HDACi	Histone deacetylase inhibitor
HLA	Human leukocyte antigen
IL	Interleukin
ITAM	Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif
ITIM	Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibition motif
ITSM	Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based switch motif
ITT	Immunoreceptor tyrosine tail
KIR	Killer immunoglobulin-like receptor
LAK	Lymphokine-activated killer
MHC	Major histocompatibility complex
MICA	MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence A
MMP	matrix metalloproteinase
MTOC	Microtubule-organizing center
NK	Natural Killer
PBMC	Peripheral blood mononuclear cell
PDGF	Platelet-derived growth factor
PDGFR	Platelet-derived growth factor receptor beta
PGE2	Prostaglandin E2
SHP-1	Src homology region 2 domain-containing phosphatase-1
TAM	Tumor-associated macrophage
TCR	T-Cell receptor
TGF-β	Transforming Growth Factor beta
TMZ	Temozolomide
TRAIL	Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-induced ligand
Treg	Tregulatory lymphocyte
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor